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Occupy Greensboro Mortgage Foreclosure Event on MSNBC
Submitted by loftT on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 3:53pm
At the Carolina Theater on March 14th, Occupy Greensboro along with several other sponsors organized a premier night to show the film "Let's Lose Our House: A Modern Foreclosure Tale"
Progressive Resolutions for March 6 precinct meetings
Submitted by loftT on Sun, 03/04/2012 - 7:46pmPrecinct meetings March 6 will be held around the state and here are some resolutions you can print and take with you.
A Resolution to Promote the Renewal of Industrial Hemp as an Agricultural Crop in North Carolina
A Resolution to oppose marriage discrimination on the May ballot
Resolution to Amend the Federal Constitution to Clarify that Corporations are not People and Money is not Speech
So this is McCrory's plan to save NC?
Submitted by loftT on Tue, 02/07/2012 - 7:02pmAt the Oriental Shrine Club in Greensboro last week McCrory told the audience:
“We will create jobs as a government by getting into the energy-exploration business, both offshore and underground.”
Mayor Randy Voller leads workshop at PDNC State Convention
Submitted by loftT on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 11:42am
Randy Voller, recently re-elected mayor of Pittsboro, Chair of the Chatham County Democratic Party, and the force behind Chatham County's electoral U-turn earlier this month, will lead the workshop on how to grow a new generation of elected officials who will represent the 99% by recruiting, supporting, and electing progressive candidates beginning at the local level.
Progressive Democrats of North Carolina2011 Annual Meeting
Saturday, December 3, 2011
9:30 am – 4:30 pm
Orange County Campus (OOC)
Room 201
Durham Technical Community College
525 College Park RoadHillsborough, NC 27278
919-536-7238
Open thread
Submitted by loftT on Tue, 11/01/2011 - 11:58amThis crossed my radar this morning and haven't seen notice of it elsewhere on BlueNC so,
GASTONIA Jim Forrester, the Gaston County lawmaker who pushed hard to ban gay marriage for a good part of his 11 terms in the N.C. Senate, died Monday at age 74.
Read more: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/11/01/2739307/nc-sen-jim-forrester...
Occupy North Carolina!
Submitted by loftT on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 12:58pmWE are the 99%! "Human needs, NOT Corporate GREED!"
In solidarity with Occupy Wall St, and part of the Occupy Together movement
Kay, don't let them off the hook
Submitted by loftT on Wed, 08/03/2011 - 9:50pmMatt Taibbi of Rolling Stone was just on Keith Olbermann's Countdown where he called out Sen. Kay Hagan for wanting to give the big corporations who shelter money offshore a big tax break if they bring their funds home.
No, dam it, Alcoa, go away already
Submitted by loftT on Mon, 05/09/2011 - 5:58pmA federal appeals court has ruled against Alcoa in its bid to speed the process of granting a federal license to operate four dams along the Yadkin River in Stanly County.
Alcoa's bid to continue operating the dams, which it built along the river to provide energy for a now-closed smelting plant near Badin, is opposed by state officials and by environmental groups. Gov. Bev Perdue's administration has said it could attract new jobs if it were to operate the dams, which are along a 38-mile stretch of the Yadkin River.
I guess the answer "No." won't be heard until they get tired of paying lawyers. Honestly, my google alert for news: Yadkin Alcoa has had no hits for months. The rusty wheels of justice turn very slowly.
Read more: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/05/04/2271765/court-rules-against-...
